Marcos pushed big-serving American John Isner to two tie-breaks in the opening sets, but fell 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-3 in Thursday's rain-delayed first round encounter at Wimbledon.
The match, which was initially postponed due to darkness on Tuesday and then halted to due rain, with Marcos up a break at 3-1 in the second set on Wednesday, was eventually concluded on Thursday morning. Marcos fought hard, breaking Isner when the 18th seed served for the first set at 5-3, before racing to a 3-0 lead in the second. But the lead would not hold. Isner took the second in another tie-break and later needed three match points to prevail after two hours and 17 minutes.
Marcos was making his 11th appearance at the All England Club, ten years removed from his memorable run to the semi-finals. He is still alive in the doubles draw, slated to play with Mikhail Youzhny. They oppose Stephane Robert and Dudi Sela in the first round.
